Meetings & Events Associated with the IRFGC
Meetings of various members of the international rice
functional genomics research community have commonly taken place as satellite
gatherings of other major scientific meetings. There have been some discussions
among the steering committee members to designate one or more such meetings
annually as official sites for future discussions of the Consortium. Under
tentative consideration are the following meetings:
Recent Past Meetings
- 2nd International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics
November 15-17, 2004
Tucson, Arizona
- IRFGC Update and USDA Rice Proposal Discussion
January 10, 2004 (Saturday)
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Plant and Animal Genome Meeting
Pacific Salons 4 and 5
Town & Country Convention Center
San Diego, California, USA
- Microarray and Bioinformatics Workshop III: Applying Genomic
Technologies to Identify Induced and Natural Variation in
Stress-Response Genes
February 23-26,2004 IRRI, Los Baños,
Philippines
Genetic variation is the essential ingredient in crop improvement.
Breeding programs rely on an adequate pool of genetic diversity
and the means to tap into this variability. Rapid advances
in genomics have provided new technologies to identify genetic
variation. These tools are useful for both basic research and
finding gene function and natural variants that can be directly
used in breeding. The availability of the complete rice genome
sequence makes it possible to search for a full range of structural
variation at a genetic locus of agronomic interest in the diverse
rice gene pool. Furthermore, sequence conservation among related
cereals allows us to extend the use of the rice genome sequence
for identifying useful genes in other species.
ARBN conducted two previous Workshops on Microarrays and Bioinformatics
(2001 and 2002) to familiarize our partners in the national agricultural
research and extension systems (NARES) with genomic and bioinformatics
tools for candidate gene discovery and data mining. Building on
the experience of these workshops, ARBN will conduct a workshop
emphasizing mining allelic variation in genes specifically responsible
for stress tolerance. This workshop is part of the efforts of the
International Rice Functional Genomics Consortium (IRFGC) to extend
functional genomics technologies to our NARES partners.
The workshop will have three components:
- Bioinformatics and data mining for candidate genes
- Applying high-throughput techniques (TILLING and DNA
arrays) to detect genetic variation in mutants and germplasm
- Illustrating applications of methodologies using case
studies of selected agronomic traits
The workshop will include lectures and laboratory exercises, with an emphasis
on hands-on experiments by participants. A limited number of travel awards
are available to NARES institutions. Priority will be given to applicants involved
in research programs that will likely benefit from applying the tools covered
by the workshop. Further information and the technical programs of the workshop
will be posted on the IRFGC Web site (http://www.iris.irri.org/IRFGC).
Contact persons: Hei Leung (h.leung@cgiar.org)
and Marichu Bernardo (m.bernardo@cgiar.org)
Sponsors of the workshop: SDC (Mutant Bank) and CIDA (Bioinformatics)
- The First International Symposium on Rice Functional
Genomics, Shanghai, China (www.ncgr.ac.cn/ISRFG2003),
Because of SARS in spring, the date of the First International
Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics was rescheduled. The
Organizing Committee are now pleased to announce the new date
and venue: November 19-21, 2003 in the Oriental Riverside
Hotel (International Convention Center), Shanghai, China.
- 7th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology,
Barcelona (June 23-28, 2003). Workshop on "Recent advances
in rice genome analysis and functional genomics" was organized
by Emmanuel Guiderdoni (CIRAD) on Thursday, June 26, 2003
Projected Future Meetings
The United Nations has declared 2004 as the International
Year of Rice, an event that may have an impact on the profile of the
Consortium.
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